Giving up 62 points was not how the Wildcats wanted to start their brutal three game stretch against two state tournament teams from last year and a perennial state powerhouse.Thursday, September 21, 2017

Only a week after airing it out nearly 30 times and pounding Princeton through the air, the North Branch football squad moved their assault to the ground, and it was just as potent.Thursday, September 14, 2017

Although the North Branch boys soccer team wasn’t paid off with a win after playing arguably their best game of the year against St. Michael-Albertville, they followed that up with a victory over Proctor to get in the win column in 2017.Thursday, September 14, 2017

Chisago Lakes 4, St. Francis 1The Wildcats came out firing in the first half against St. Francis, and it paid off quickly with a goal four minutes in from Nils Gulbranson, that was assisted by Jacob Werner.Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Chisago Lakes swimming and diving team got their first taste of competing without Kalli Jo Olson and Payton Nelson, two stalwart elite state competitors who graduated last year. “We missed our state competitors, but we still performed strong in some events,” Head Coach Ellen Heath said after the match up with Big Lake.Thursday, September 14, 2017

Any way you look at it, 100 points is a lot of points. And 1,000 yards is a lot of yards. So, if you are a fan of a lot of offense in a football game, you were in luck last Friday night when the Wildcats hosted the Becker Bulldogs in the season opener at Chisago Lakes High School. The two teams combined to score exactly 100 points in a game with nine lead changes that featured over 1,029 yards of total offense. Unfortunately for the Wildcats and their fans, the Bulldogs, with the help of some trickery, pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Wildcats 56-44.Thursday, September 7, 2017

It’s been at least 15 years since North Branch football has scored 50 points in a game, and it’s been about the same amount of time since there’s been this much excitement around the program.Thursday, September 7, 2017

MenFor the past half decade, Sean Cooley has been sniffing around the top spot at the Toughman Minnesota Half Triathlon, but he’s never been able to capture the top spot.Since 2012, he’s finished 10th, 7th, 6th, 2nd and 4th, with times varying between 4:09 and 4:24.Friday, August 4, 2017

With no deep spring playoff runs this year, the annual top 11 list will be getting out right on time, as opposed to last year’s column that was pushed back because of North Branch’s surprising baseball state tournament run.Thursday, July 6, 2017

Pine City 4, Chisago Lakes 2Trailing the Pine City Pirates 4-1 entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the Bulldogs scored one run and had runners on second and third with one out. But a popup and a slightly controversial groundout ended the game, with the Bulldogs losing 4-2. Hunter Lindstrom started and went seven strong innings for the Bulldogs. He allowed one unearned run on four hits, walked two, hit four batters and struck out 11. Mitch Barrett took the loss in relief. He allowed three earned runs on three this, walked two and struck out two. The game was played Wednesday, June 21 at Chisago Lakes High School in Lindstrom.Thursday, June 29, 2017